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Billionaires With Big Ideas Are Privatizing American Science

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03/15/2014

... Times article on billionaires privatizing American science research . Last April, President Obama assembled some of the ... rebuttal to deep cuts in federal financing for scientific research …. Billionaires With...

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Inside the Russell Sage Foundation

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04/15/2015

... dig into the inequities of the second Gilded Age, with research grants going to scholars across the country who've ... by academics, and it doesn't support advocacy. But its research has played a...

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William T. Grant Foundation-Funded Study Examines the Consequences of Childhood Bullying

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05/01/2015

... Examines the Consequences of Childhood Bullying New research suggests that the consequences from being bullied by ...

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The Nonprofit Leadership Development Deficit

In more than a decade of research on nonprofit leadership, The Bridgespan Group has ... twice as often as the next concern. Our most recent research provides a clue as to why. Only 30 percent of ...

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Ford Foundation-Backed Incubator Generates $100M in Loans, Nearly $1M in Savings

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02/11/2016

... new report details how an incubator created by the Filene Research Institute, with funding from Ford Foundation, ... financial products,” said George Hofheimer, chief research officer for Filene. “We sought to...

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Mellon Foundation Contributes to 'THATcamp' on Humanities and Technology

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04/21/2016

... – broadly defined as the use of technology in the research and teaching of humanities. The Central New York ... brief presentations on their technology-based teaching or research projects... Mellon Foundation...

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Rita Allen Foundation Announces 2016 Scholars

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06/30/2016

... seven young leaders in biomedical science whose research holds great promise for revealing new pathways to ... annually for a maximum of five years to pursue innovative research on the development and...

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UJA-Federation of New York Convenes Panel on Growing Poverty on Long Island

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01/30/2017

... Social Services. The Keynote was given by Steven M. Cohen, Research Professor of Jewish Social policy at the Hebrew ...

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Winning the Lottery: Enrolling in Success Academy Produces Math Gains for Students, New Study Shows

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08/30/2017

... earliest students, according to a new study conducted by research firm MDRC. The analysis, funded by Success as part ...

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Trump's Nominee To Be USDA's Chief Scientist Is Not A Scientist

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09/05/2017

... If confirmed, Clovis would oversee the agency's $3 billion research budget, which funds, among other things, research to help farmers and ranchers adapt to climate .....

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Editorial: A Promising Idea To Fight Opioids

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09/12/2017

... Park site in Calverton, would combine world-class research with clinical care such that every patient who comes ...

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Supported in Part by Ford Foundation, Smithsonian Launches American Women’s History Initiative

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11/14/2018

... the nation’s most comprehensive undertaking to document, research , collect, display and share the rich, complete and ... in America. It will greatly increase the Smithsonian’s research and programming related...

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Reflections from Foundations on the Hill

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03/24/2011

... Philanthropy New York, Nur worked as the Manager of Research , Policy, and Development at Common Cents , a youth ...

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Recording: The Youth Mental Health Crisis: Innovations and Updates from the Field

The Youth Mental Health Crisis: Innovations and Updates from the Field Last October, Philanthropy New York hosted a pivotal gathering on youth mental health, bringing together mental health service providers, workforce development stakeholders...

18 May 2016

Can Failure Be a Success?: Dissecting the Rikers Social Impact Bond Experiment

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... programs that have been proven to work and save system resources . Does this experiment say anything about that ...

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Making the Most of Interesting Times – and Achieving the Global Goals

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02/22/2018

... non-governmental organizations (NGOs), governments, universities and multi-laterals are being challenged to make ... efforts impact the SDGs. As the practice of human resources becomes more closely aligned to...

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Philanthropy Must Prioritize Democracy Beyond Election Day

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11/17/2020

As the world grapples with several compounding crises, foundations and philanthropy are finding their place in the response, working alongside government, nonprofit and for-profit organizations.

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Philanthropy’s Response To Hurricane Sandy

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11/08/2012

... be updated frequently over the coming weeks with news on resources , initiatives and stories of impact. If you know of any philanthropic activities or resources related to Hurricane Sandy that we haven’t listed...

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